Darren Dunlap

• Rockwood approves liquor items with most precincts in Updated 11/04/2008 at 9:19 p.m.

  With most precincts reporting, unofficial results show voters backing two liquor referendums in Rockwood.

• Wine law to get another look Published 10/31/2008 at midnight

  MADISONVILLE - The grapes hang full and ripe at the Frizzells' vineyard. Mike and Tina Frizzell planted the muscadine vines for Halo Notch Estate Vineyards four years ago, and now they're seeing good harvests on 30 acres of rolling hills. ...

• College offers travel opportunities Published 10/30/2008 at midnight

  HARRIMAN - As a single mother of three, 45-year-old Darlene Parks of Rockwood never thought study abroad was possible.

• Sevier County beset by wedding bell blues Published 10/23/2008 at midnight

  October in Sevier County means weddings - lots of them. It's usually the best month for the county's wedding industry, which issues more marriage licenses than any other county in Tennessee.

• With economy down, growing tech centers struggle with less funds Published 10/20/2008 at midnight

  As classrooms fill and program waiting lists grow at Tennessee Technology Centers, campus directors across the state are paring their budgets for a second round of cuts. The cuts, mandated earlier this month, come as the centers grow and state ...

• Vol Navy sails in to support team, visit with fellow fans Published 10/18/2008 at midnight 27 Comments

  A few days before the game, the boats dock along the river between the Henley and Gay Street bridges. Some anchor, side-to-side, jutting out into Fort Loudoun Lake like a floating pier. They call it the Vol Navy. A lot ...

• Switchgrass season: Farmers harvest plant that will power Tennessee Biofuels Initiative Published 10/10/2008 at midnight

  VONORE, Tenn. - Randall Peters stood in front of a row of switchgrass as high as his head. Given the dry summer months, he wasn't certain how the perennial warm-season grass would fare. "It's 5 to 6 feet tall," said ...

• THP steps up inspections Published 10/09/2008 at midnight

  Truckers had a longer wait than usual at the Interstate 40 weigh stations near Watt Road as the Tennessee Highway Patrol stepped up inspections Wednesday on commercial vehicles and chased down drivers who bypassed the stations.

• THP, FBI, Homeland Security stopping trucks today Updated 10/08/2008 at 11:43 a.m.

  Trucks carrying hazardous materials got more scrutiny today as part of an intensive effort by the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

• Home linked to double slaying to be razed Published 09/29/2008 at midnight

  When Jack King sold the house on Chipman Street, he told the prospective buyers he hoped they would demolish it.

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